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Introducing script triggers

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Introducing script triggers

Over the last couple versions of FileMaker, probably the most impressive new feature that's been added has been support for these things called script triggers. Now, that's not to say that there haven't been the script triggers in FileMaker all this time, but to really understand this, and why it's so important, let's talk about what a script trigger is. Well, we've already been discussing creating scripts to help automate processes within your FileMaker databases, but creating a script is really just half the battle, because in order for this script to run, it needs to be triggered. Since triggering a script is necessary for them to run, it's a good idea to get familiar with the different ways that you can do so. We've already discussed when you're in Layout mode. If you recall, you can select any Layout Object, right click on it, and go to Button Setup. And then when you create a script, you can perform that script by selecting it here. If you select one of these scripts, whenever…

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